SOME UNUSUAL VEGETABLES FOR THE WET TROPICS

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Various
FAMILY: Various

COMMON NAME	USES	SIZE OF PLANT	PARTS OF PLANT USED	AVAILABLE

AIBIKA	Green Leaf Veg, Fresh Salad Veg	Bush 2m	Leaves	All Year
AMARANTH	Green Leaf Veg	Herb 1 to 2m	Leaves, Stem Tips	All Year
BREADFRUIT	Starchy Veg	Tree	Fruit	Mostly Summer
CAPSICUM	Flavouring, Fresh Salad Veg	Bush 1m	Pod	All Year
CASSAVA	Starchy Veg	Bush 2m	Tuber	All Year
CEYLON SPINACH	Green Leaf Veg, Fresh Salad Veg	Vine	Leaves, Stem tips	All Year
CHAYA	Green Leaf Veg	Bush 2m	Stem, Tips	All Year
CHERRY TOMATO	Flavouring, Fresh Salad Veg	1m Bush or Vine	Fruit	All Year
CHILLI	Flavouring	Bush 1m	Pod	All Year
CHINESE WATER CHESTNUT	Starchy Veg, Fresh Salad Veg	Water Herb 2m	Tuber	Autumn -Spring
COCONUT	Flavouring, Cooked Veg, Fresh Salad Veg	Tree	Fruit, Stem	All Year
COS LETTUCE	Fresh Salad Veg	Small Herb	Leaves	All Year
CURRY LEAF	Flavouring	Tree	Leaves	All Year
DRUMSTICK TREE	Cooked Veg, Green Leaf and Veg	Tree	Leaves, Pods, Flowers	Most of the year
EGG PLANT	Cooked Veg	Bush	Young fruit	All Year
JACK BEAN	Cooked Veg	Vine	Young Pod	All Year
JAKFRUIT	Starchy Veg	Tree	Young fruit, mature seed	Mostly Summer
JICAMA YAM BEAN	Starchy Veg	Vine	Tuber	All Year
KANGKONG	Green Leaf Veg	Water Vine	Leaves, Stem tips	All Year
LEMON GRASS	Flavouring	Herb 1m	Leaves, Stem	All Year
LONG BEAN	Cooked Veg	Vine	Young Pod, Mature Seed	All Year
OKRA	Fresh Salad Veg, Cooked Veg	Bush 1m	Pod	All Year
PEACH PALM	Starchy Veg, Fresh Salad Veg	Tree	Fruit, Stem	Mostly Autumn
PIT PIT	Starchy Veg, Cooked Veg	Herb 3m	Flower	Autumn
PLANTAIN	Starchy Veg, Flavouring	Herb 4m	Green Fruit, Leaves	All Year
SHALLOT	Flavouring, Cooked Veg, fresh salad veg	Small Herb	Leaves, Stem	All Year
SWEET LEAF	Green Leaf Veg	Bush 2m	Leaves	All Year
SWEET POTATO	Green Leaf Veg, Starchy Veg	Vine	Stem tips, Tuber	All Year
TAMARIND	Flavouring	Tree	Pods
TARO	Green Leaf Veg, Starchy Veg	1 to 2m herb	Leaves, Stem, Tuber, Flowers, Tubers	All Year
WING BEAN	Green Leaf Veg, Fresh Salad Veg	Vine	Stem, Tips, Pods	Mostly Autumn
YAM	Starchy Veg	Vine	Tuber	Mostly Autumn - Spring

NOTE: Starchy Vegetable = Potato-like.
Coconut + Peach Palm: the growing tip (cabbage) is of use as a crisp salad vegetable called Heart of Palm. Harvesting this kills the plant.

Roger and Giulia Goebel

DATE: July 1990

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SOME UNUSUAL VEGETABLES FOR THE WET TROPICS

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Various FAMILY: Various

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Various
FAMILY: Various